President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his spouse welcomed US first lady Melania Trump at Ittihadiya presidential palace on Saturday 06/10/2018, according to presidential spokesman Bassam Radi.

Mrs Trump arrived in Cairo this morning on her first visit to Egypt, the last leg of her four-nation tour of Africa.

The US first lady's tour has already taken her to Ghana, Malawi and Kenya.